Our regular Monday sporting chat with Gerard Whateley from ABC Grandstand included a discussion of the cricket one day international final series and the AFL controversy surrounding Essendon being unable to land their plane to play at a pre-season cup game in Wangerrata.

An independent inquiry has found the Australian media lacks accountability and should come under the oversight of a new government-funded national watchdog. The proposed News Media Council would watch over the conduct of all media outlets in Australia, including print, broadcast and online. It would have the power to set journalistic standards and order media outlets to publish apologies, corrections or retractions, backed up by the threat of fines or jail terms. Would this improve accountability and help restore public trust in the media or could it threaten media freedom?